Land Reforms in India: New Perspectives
In democracies, public policymaking entails balancing the interests of various self-interest groups. This is even more true when it comes to land reforms. The Indian land reform initiative had justified social and economic goals, but over time these measures appear to have generated some real economic challenges. While the elimination of land middlemen, as well as all forms of tenancy, benefited the actual tillers, placing limits on the size of landholdings did not help enhance production in Indian agriculture.
